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ROBERT L. MARONIC: Russia’s Inhumanity To Russians – Part I

The Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, located in modern Belarus, formally ended Bolshevik Russia's participation in World War I on March 3, 1918. Since then, both the Red Army and its successor, the Russian...

JOHNNY ROBINSON: The Changing of the Tires

The car I drive now doesn’t even have a spare tire. Can you believe that?...

FRED FIRST: Facing Forward. Facing Back.

Maybe it’s okay that I can’t go back twenty Januarys past, or ten as a...

BOB BROWN: “A Very Heavy Heart For The State of The World”

A neighbor sent the following email to all who reside in this part of Albemarle...

ROBERT L. MARONIC: Hands Off Denmark!

President Trump has repeatedly called for the annexation of Greenland since 2019, recently appointing former...

Routines, Ruts and New Experiences

I have to start this article with a big praise to all of the folks who coordinated the “Diamond Dash” in downtown Roanoke...

Off the Beaten Path in La Dolomiti

“Buon giorno.” We’ve passed many day hikers today –the Italians love their mountains and love hiking among the high peaks- but the woman in...

Bodily Believing – by George C. Anderson

A Christian view of the body has gotten a bad rap in a modern American reading.  Some read the Christian writings of antiquity...

Happy’s Garden Fresh Tomato Sauce over Cheese Raviolis

There was a time in my life where I would not dare use spaghetti sauce from a jar. I learned this from my...

A Little History on What Month You’re In and Why

As we move from July into August, all thoughts turn to sandy beaches, lazy afternoons, and the Roman Empire. In ancient Rome, the year...

A Move From Black Death to Sustainability?

The numbers are beyond comprehension for the global catastrophe that continues to unfold in the Gulf of Mexico. Eleven human deaths.  Thirty species of...